What is the context?
The Lord’s Passover is set on the fourteenth day of the first month, followed by the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread beginning on the fifteenth. Sacred assemblies mark the first and seventh days, when regular work is forbidden.
The specified burnt, grain, and sin offerings are to be presented throughout the seven days with the drink offerings and regular burnt offering. These instructions describe the sanctuary offerings associated with the festival; they should not erase the distinction between Passover’s date and the following feast.
How is this passage commonly understood?
Wesley distinguishes Passover from the Feast of Unleavened Bread and explains that the special offerings accompany the regular service. The USCCB notes likewise attend to the dates and the work restriction. These details explain how the festival is observed rather than making each added animal a separate prediction.
Where does this fit in God's plan?
1 Corinthians 5:6–8 expressly calls Christ the Passover lamb who has been sacrificed and applies unleavened bread to sincerity and truth rather than malice and wickedness. That is a direct Christian connection to the Passover and unleavened-bread setting. It does not identify the additional bulls and rams here as the Passover lamb itself.
What is our position?
We don't have a position on this passage yet. When our study reaches a conclusion the text supports, it will appear here.